"It was like you're about to go down the altar and marry the wrong woman. I think I'm making a bad choice. I did what I felt was right for myself."

"I want to continue to ride with the guys that we built, you know, we built this organization five years ago," Barr concluded. "When I got here, they were struggling. We came in and we started to change things around. It's a testament to the coaching staff, to all the hard work, to the great players that we have.

He becomes the second notable veteran defensive player added by the Steelers in free agency, joining former Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Steven Nelson, who signed a three-year contract with Pittsburgh.

Originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who selected him with the seventh overall pick in the 2012 draft.

The Rams moved Barron from safety to linebacker during the 2015 season and he finished with 113 tackles, five pass deflections and three forced fumbles.

Barron, 29, finished 2016 ranked second on the team with 118 tackles, two interceptions and a sack as the Rams stumbled to a 4-12 finish.

Barron has played an instrumental role in helping the team win back-to-back division titles and earn its first Super Bowl appearance since the 2001 season.

Mark Barronís signing should not and probably will not affect Steelers desire to get an ILB early in the draft, even in 1st round.

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"If I could start my life all over again, I would be a professional football player, and you damn well better believe I would be a Pittsburgh Steeler."

Patriots owner Robert Kraft could have solicitation of prostitution charges against him dropped, with one key condition: He needs to admit that, if the charges hadnít been dropped, prosecution would have resulted in a conviction.

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"If I could start my life all over again, I would be a professional football player, and you damn well better believe I would be a Pittsburgh Steeler."

Having just signed a four-year, $52.5 million deal with the Jets after a yearlong holdout on the franchise tag, Bell told SI that Roethlisberger is a "great quarterback" who has preferences about who gets the ball in the Steelers' offense.

"The organization wants to win. [Coach Mike] Tomlin wants to win," Bell said. "Ben wants to win -- but Ben wants to win his way, and that's tough to play with. Ben won a Super Bowl, but he won when he was younger. Now he's at this stage where he tries to control everything, and [the team] let him get there. So if I'm mad at a player and I'm not throwing him the ball -- if I'm not throwing AB the ball and I'm giving JuJu [Smith-Schuster] all the shine or Jesse [James] or Vance [McDonald] or whoever it is, and you know consciously you're making your other receiver mad but you don't care -- it's hard to win that way."

Bell said in the SI interview that Roethlisberger's presence wasn't the only factor in his wanting to leave but that "yes, it was a factor." Bell added that he wished he'd had a "more open, more genuine, more real" relationship with the quarterback.

Brown took offense that Roethlisberger called him out publicly for his route running after a Week 12 loss in Denver. In a February Q&A with fans on Twitter, Brown tweeted that Roethlisberger has an "owner mentality" for his willingness to criticize coaches and players and that teammates won't challenge him on it. Teammates classified Brown and Roethlisberger's relationship as "love-hate," with touchdowns assuaging the occasional disputes.

Bell told ESPN that he understands Brown's perspective.

"When I was there, there were no major problems like that, maybe little things like being on Facebook, being uncomfortable," said Bell, referring to Brown's Facebook Live broadcast in the locker room after a 2017 playoff win in Kansas City. "I know Ben and AB personally. I know how personalities can get. I can see where things went wrong.

"A lot of things AB said, it had a lot of truth to it. I've had some of those interactions. I don't react like AB does. AB isn't the only bad guy in the situation. Ben isn't the only bad guy, either. It's not just one person. It ain't just me. It's everybody."